A postmodernist.
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postmodern
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for postmodern.
Editorial note
Their ideas regarding Objectiveness, History or Truth are pretty much the contrary to what postmodern philosophy is suggesting.
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Quick take
A postmodernist.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of postmodern gathered in one view.
(literally) Relating to what follows the modern era.
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for postmodern.
noun
A postmodernist.
adjective
(literally) Relating to what follows the modern era.
adjective
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.
Example sentences
Their ideas regarding Objectiveness, History or Truth are pretty much the contrary to what postmodern philosophy is suggesting.
He discovered early in the 1980s that fundamentalist Christians AND enviornment activists were both postmodern personality types.
Perhaps there are strange applet fetishists who keep their Java package installs at the bleeding edge of postmodern Java applet specialness.
The comments here remind me a little of Pierre Bayard's delightful(ly) postmodern monograph, _How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read_ [0].
I would be very surprised to hear of postmodern architecture being more popular on tours than others, however.
And I'm using Hunchentoot as a webserver, Postgresql as a database and the Postmodern library to interact with it.
Continental philosophy and postmodern thought fall reasonably within the domain of Chomsky's interests.
This paper reads like it was made by the Postmodern Essay Generator...
Like accepting postmodern views that reject individualism and reason in favor of racism, classism, feminism, psychological determinism, and so on.
Foucault and other French Postmodern Philosophers are sometimes hard going.
I preferred Postmodern last year, for interacting with Postgresql.
> One final note: none of the positive or hopeful things that I said about philosophy apply to the postmodern or Continental kinds.
Quote examples
I almost replied below when it was mentioned that Foucault was "postmodern," but really, it's just not that important, in the end.
(So postmodern!) How do you get everyone back on the same "master" mainline; surely not all possible Edits can commute?
I take no issue with self-interest, and I don't even necessarily think the "disposable company" model of the postmodern VC-istan meta-company is the wrong one.
And the VC-funded world is just a postmodern corporation in which the VCs have set themselves up as the actual executive team while "founders" are mid-ranking product managers (who might get 8-figure bonuses, and promotion to the investor ranks, if they totally rape the odds...
Proper noun examples
Postmodern philosophy is to progressive social politics as Marxism is to left wing economics.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use postmodern in a sentence?
Their ideas regarding Objectiveness, History or Truth are pretty much the contrary to what postmodern philosophy is suggesting.
What does postmodern mean?
A postmodernist.
What part of speech is postmodern?
postmodern is commonly used as noun, adjective.